'Channel Creek, 1770 and 1788. Signed James Caldwell, Lieut. of Engineers' - India Office map catalogue.
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The map bears the note 'A Copy of Channel Creek [a distributary of the Hooghly River] from George’s Point to the Sea, taken from Mr. Lacam’s Survey Plan [dated 1770]. Shewing how far it differs from what the Channel is at present, in as much as the Soundings and judgment of the Gentlemen of the ...
'A new Map of the Ancient Division of the Deckan Illustrative of the History of the Hindu Dynasties with Discriptions of the Principal Places is respectfully dedicated To The Hon[oura]ble Sir Charles Grey Kt. By C.V. Ramaswamy. 1827.'
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Note spelling 'Discription' [sic] in title. Covers India south of Calcutta. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, place names, temples, pagodas, diamond mines, gold coins, copper coins and administrative boundaries. 'Printed at the Asiatic Lithographic Press. Calcutta'. The ori...
'The Burrampooter River from the Booree Lewit to the Jahzee River. Surveyed in the Month of January 1794. By Ens[ig]n. Thomas Wood of the Bengal Eng[inee]rs.'
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Forms the fifth of a six-sheet map series of the Burrampooter River in north-eastern India from Noghurbera upstream to the entry point of the D'hekowe River 240 miles east-northeastwards. Surveyed by Ensign Thomas Wood between 1792 and 1794, and filed at IOR/X/521 to IOR/X/526. This sheet depic...
‘Chart Intended as an Accompaniment to the Book of Directions for Navigating to, from, and in the East Indies. Engraved by John Bateman’
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Imprint: Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company. 10th Feb 1816. Additions to 1830. Distinctive Features: Depth shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the Arabian Sea showing the eastern coast of Africa, coast of the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf of Oman with t...
'A Draught of Hoogly River from Calcutta to Balasore Road, Channel Creek, &c., to Muttwall River. 1767.' - India Office map catalogue
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Covers the Hoogly River in north-east India and interconnecting channels from Calcutta approximately 80 miles southwards to the Bay of Bengal. Portrays hydrology including sands and soundings, settlements, place names, military installations and other significant landmark features, and includes ...
'The line of Route as traversed by Lieut[enan]t. Rob[er]t. Taylor 2nd. Mad[ra]s. Cavalry from Bagdad to Bussorah via the antient [ancient] canal of the Hye'
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Covers a 350-mile river route in Mesopotamia between Bagdad [Baghdad, Iraq] and Bussorah [Basra, Iraq] via the River Tigris, Hye Canal [Shatt al Gharraf, Iraq] and River Euphrates. Portrays hydrology, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and navigational notes, and some pictor...
'Narrative by Capt[ain] Sadlier of his Proceedings in Arabia.' Volumes 1 and 2 combined
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Manuscript copy by an unknown scribe, previously in two volumes and now bound as one; the first volume continues mid-sentence into the second. The spine bears the title ‘Capt[ain] Sadlier’s Travels in Arabia. 1820. Vol[ume]s I & II.’ An account of Captain George Forster Sadlier’s journey f...
The Ganges above the Delta. Wood's Survey reduced, 1800. Hurdwar to Caunpoor. In 5 parts.'
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Five-part map depicting the 450-mile route along the River Ganges in northern India from Hurdwar south-eastwards to Allahabad. Portrays hydrology, sands, relief by hachures, vegetation and cultivation, settlements, some individual buildings, ghauts and place names. Detail of vegetation, cultivat...
